The police in Kwara State have arrested two suspected armed robbers, Abubakar Jimoh, alias Abu Carrot, and Abdulwaheed Murtador Olalemikan said to be on their way to rob members of a club who were holding a meeting.
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Paul Odama, told newsmen that Abu Carrot had long been on the wanted list of the command.
Odama said they were arrested at Mahdi, Gaa-Saka area of Ilorin during a surveillance patrol.
He explained that: “They were stopped and when a search was conducted on them, one locally made revolver pistol was found in their possession.
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“Upon interrogation, the suspects confessed freely that they were on a mission to operate and rob members of a group, Ifesowapo Social Club, while in a meeting.”
He said they later found out that Abu Carrot had been on the wanted list of the command having shot and killed a 12-year-old boy and injured the victim’s pregnant mother at the Adewole area two years ago.
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